Thank you for the replies! Admittedly, I probably would have enjoyed reading Solaris but have already seen the film, so I don't know how that would affect my experience. I've always been fascinated with the topic, and know of a few popular classics that deal with isolation in space, but haven't come...

William Gibson - Pattern Recognition Maybe it was the excessive amount of brands/labels used as a main plot point. Not to mention Gibson constantly trying to convince the reader that he is "hip". I cringed at every "google" reference and pseudo-modern reference to fashion. This i...

Just as the subject asks. I wouldn't know how to go about searching for books of this type. Think "Lost in Space" or other books dealing with the unknown of space, crashing onto mysterious planets or long periods of isolation in space. Another reference I could give would be "Like the...